Cartridge clip and holder.



No. 837,929. PATENTED DEC. 1 H. N. HAWLEY.

CARTRIDGE CLIP AND HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 28. 1906.

I Z I I Tlll IOIIII 'I'I'IB a. "XHHIGTON. Du C- UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HARRY N. HAWLEY, F HAWLEYVILLE, CONNECTICUT. CARTRIDGE CLIP AND HOLDER.

Application filed July 28,1906. Serial No- 828,180.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY N. HAWLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hawleyville, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Cartridge Clip and Holder, of which thefollowing 1s a specification. This invention has for its object torovide a simple and inex ensive clip and ho der for 10 cartrid es, the c'p being adapted to be blanke be easily and quickly supplied with a loadof cartridges for a revolver, and to quickly transfer the cartridges tothe cylinder of a revolver, and the holder being likewise formed fromsheet metal and adapted for attachment either singly or plurally to abelt or garment and to retain the cartridges and clip securely in place,but to permit the convenient and instant detachment of the clip with thecartridges therein, thus enabling the user in a. simple and inexpensivemanner to load the chambers of a revolver simultaneously in the quickesttime and with the fewest movements possible.

With this end in view I have devised the simple and novel cartridgeclifp and holder which I will now describe, re erring to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and usingreference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 shows a cross-section of a belt and an edge view of acartridge-holder applied thereto with a clip and cartridges therein;Fig. 2, a lon itudinal section of thebelt, showin the hol er in planwith a clip and cartridges therein; Fig. 3, a sectional view of the clipwith cartridges therein detached from the holder, the section-line beingindicated by 3 3 in Fig. 2; 4, an elevation of the holder detached withthe clip removed; Fig. 5, a detail sectional view on the line 5 5 1nFig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow,

and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank for the clip before it is formedto the finished shape. 10 denotes a belt or garment to which a holder isattached; 11, the holder as a whole; 12, the ch as a whole, and 13cartridges.

In, the awings I have illustrated a clip ada ted to hold fivecartridges.

e clip comprises, essentially, a plate 14,

having outer holdin -lips 15 and inner holding-lips 16, PP tridge, asclearly ing-springs 17, which which are adapted to engage the ositesides of the head or flange of a carshown in Fig. 3, and-retainarepressed out from out and formed from sheet metal, to I the plate, beingleftattached at one end, a! bear against the heads of the cartridges, acmg to press them against the holding-lips retain them securely in place.

In loading a clip the head of each 0: tridge is placed upon thelate-between t springs and is then moved orward betweei pair of outerand inner holding-lips, the cor] sponding spring being ressed. downwa sightly to permit the hea of the cartridge pass under the lips,where itis retained by t upward pressure of the spring. Inorder to p: vent thecartridge from being passed tool forward and passing out from between tholding-1i s, stops 18 may be provided at t ends of t e hol ing-li snearest to the fi ends of the s ring, which stop the forws movement 0the cartridges, leaving th' enga ed by the holding-lips. These st may eformed from the metal of the plate, clearly shown in Fig. 6, which shows1 blank as blanked out ready to be-formed shape. In this figure theortions of blank which form the outer olding-lips, indicated by 115, theortions which is the inner holding-lips y 116, the porti which form thesprings by 117, and-the tions which form the stops by 118. T

The holder likewise is blanked out 1 formed from sheet metal. Itcomprise plate 19, having holes 20, which receive tridges closely andwill not permit the he to pass through.

21 denotes a back turned upward at ri angles to the plate, and 22retaining-st turned downward at right angles thereto, back andretaining-strips being showI provided with rivet-holes 23 for conveniein attachment to a belt or garment.

24 denotes a locking-spring for the 1 which is pressed out from themetal of back, being left attached at the upper 1 This spring enga esthe edge of the clip tween two outer ips and is provided wi boss 25,which engages the top of late 1 the clip and renders it impossible orthe to be removed from the holder until spring has been pressed backwardto wl disengage it from the clip.

The operation is as follows: The clip is i with cartridges in the manneralready scribed, and the cartridges are assed d ward through the holesin plate 19 o: holder,'the edge of plate 14 of the clir tween a air 0the outer holdin -lips er ing the ace of the spring andl) oss 25Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

n5 backward as the clip is n the cartridges are passed s in the plate ofthe holder. with the cartridges therein, l down to lace, the spring zentwo of t e outer holdingwill pass over the to plate aereby lockin the cip and 1'y in the hol er. To load", esses back the spring, derdcartridges from the holder, :1 es as they are held by the n ers of thecylinder of a regives the clip a sli ht turn engage it from the heads of:av' the latter in place in .e Ioa 'ng of all chambers of 5 performedsimultaneously 5 asingle chamber could be described my invention, I

of the character described, r with a clip having inner .g-lips to engagethe heads of E a holder having holes which idges closely and retain thes for locking the clip and carlder. l of the character described, with aclip having inner and vs to engage the heads of carings for pressing theheads ling-lips, of a holder having :eive the cartridges closely .eads,and means for locking ridges in the holder. a of the characterdescribed,

the combination with a clip having inner and outer holding-lips toengage the heads of cartrid es, springs which press the heads againstthe olding-lips and stops which prevent the cartridges from passingforward out of the holding-lips, of a holder having holes which receivethe cartridges closely and retain the heads, and means for locking theclip and cartridges in the holder.

4. In a device of the character described,

, the combination with a clip having inner and outer holding-lips toengage the heads of cartridges,- of a holder having holes which: receivethe cartridges closeland retain the heads and a spring adapt to passbetween outer holding-lips of the clip and having a boss which engagesthe cli to lock theclip and cartridges in placein e holder 5. A clip forcartridges comprising having formed therefrom radially-p aced inner andouter holding-lips to en e the heads of cartridges, springs engaging t eeads of the cartridges to press them against the holding lips, and stopson the outer lips which. prevent the cartridges from passing forward outof the-holding-lips.

6. A holder for cartridgeclips comprising a plate having holes toreceive the cartridges a plate closely and retain the heads, means forattachment to a belt and a spring having a boss adapted'to engage a clipto retain the clip in place inthe holder.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY N. HAWLEY. Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER. SLW. ATHER'roN.

